A linkage map of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) genome was constructed based
upon segregation analysis of 72 microsatellite loci in 433 F2 progeny of 10 half‐sib families …

Our knowledge of avian genomics has increased rapidly over the past few years,
culminating in the recent publication of a draft sequence of the chicken genome, a milestone …

Background By comparing the quail genome with that of chicken, chromosome
rearrangements that have occurred in these two galliform species over 35 million years of …

A genetic linkage map for the duck (Anas platyrhynchos) was developed within a cross
between two extreme Peking duck lines by linkage analysis of 155 polymorphic …

Linkage maps are lacking for many highly influential model organisms in evolutionary
research, including all passerine birds. Consequently, their full potential as research models …

The amount of dispersal that occurs among populations can be limited by landscape
heterogeneity, which is often due to both natural processes and anthropogenic activity …

The domestic turkey is a native breed in danger of extinction due to the introduction of new
breeds specializing in meat production and yield. Turkeys have lost some prominence in …

Microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), or short tandem repeats (STRs),
discovered in 1981, are tandemly repeated motifs of 1-6 nucleotides found in all prokaryotic …

The turkey is second only to the chicken in importance as an agriculturally important poultry
species. Unlike the chicken, however, genetic studies of the turkey continue to be limited …

Loss of suitable habitat and subsequent fragmentation of populations are recognized as
important factors in the decline and extinction of many species because they result in …